Heartbroke

By: Chelsea Bieker

Narrated by: Emily Durante

From the acclaimed author of Godshot and "a pitch-perfect ventriloquist of extraordinary talent and ferocity" (T Kira Madden) comes a defining book of Californian stories where everyone is seeking or sabotaging love.

United by the stark and sprawling landscapes of California's Central Valley, the characters of Heartbroke boil with reckless desire. A woman steals a baby from a shelter in an attempt to recoup her own lost motherhood. A phone sex operator sees divine opportunity when a lavender-eyed cowboy walks into her life. A mother and a son selling dream catchers along a highway that leads to a toxic beach manifest two young documentary filmmakers into their realm. And two teenage girls play a dangerous online game with destiny.

Heartbroke brims over with each character's attempt to salvage grace where they can find it. Told in bright, snapping prose that reveals a world of loss and love underneath, Chelsea Bieker brilliantly illuminates a golden yet gothic world of longing and abandonment under an unrelenting California sun.

©2022 Chelsea Bieker (P)2022 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

gorgeous

what a gorgeous performance, gorgeous pros, just overall a pleasure. I can't wait till Biekers next piece!

Disappointing

This novel was no where near as good as the author’s first novel, Godshot. I had high hopes but was disappointed. Didn’t even finish.

Not what I was expecting

Maybe this is on me for not doing
more research but all the stories are sad, a bit sick and with bad endings. Not for me!